Kentucky attorney Jack Conway gestures as he announces Kentucky's inclusion in the Joint State-Federal Mortgage Servicing Settlement Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012 at his office in Frankfort, Ky. Conway said $58.8 million of the nation-wide $25 billion would come to Kentucky. (AP Photo/John Flavell)

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Patrick T. Sullivan
| The Courier-Journal

A Franklin County judge ordered National College on Wednesday to pay $1,000 per day, dating back to July 31, until it fully responds to a subpoena Attorney General Jack Conway issued in 2010.

The fine follows nearly three years of litigation regarding a civil subpoena issued to National College in December 2010 by Conway as part of an investigation of some for-profit colleges operating under the Kentucky Consumer Protection Act.

The college refused to respond to the subpoena and filed suit to block Conway's investigation, according to a news release. ...